| (1) | Each candidate shall be required to make a declaration of qualifying service in the application form referred to in regulation 11(1), and shall be required to explain in writing, to the satisfaction of the examiner concerned, any period of discontinuity in such service. |
| (2) | Certificates of discharge or a duly completed Seaman's Record Book shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be accepted as sufficient proof of the service recorded therein. |
| (3) | A candidate for a deck officer certificate shall, where service in charge of a watch is required, produce certificates of watchkeeping service signed by the respective masters of the ships on which he or she has served, stating that he or she has acted as a watchkeeping officer for at least 8 hours out of every 24 hours' service claimed. A candidate for a first deck officer certificate shall produce testimonials signed by the respective masters of the ships on which he or she has served for the 12 months' qualifying service preceding the date of application for examination. |
(4)
| (a) | A candidate for an engineer officer certificate may submit testimonials as proof of workshop service. The testimonials shall set out the kind of work the candidate has undertaken or in which the candidate has been trained. |
| (b) | Testimonials produced as proof of qualifying service by a candidate for an engineer officer certificate shall be signed by either the chief engineer officer or master of the ship concerned and shall state— |
| (i) | the candidate's actual rank on watch; |
| (ii) | the number of engineer officers simultaneously on watch; |
| (iii) | the type of propulsion machinery and the propulsion power (in kilowatts) of the ship; |
| (iv) | the nature of duties performed; and |
| (v) | where service in charge of a watch is required, that the candidate has acted as a watchkeeping officer for at least— |
| (aa) | eight hours in every 24 hours' service claimed on ships having a continuously manned engine room; and |
| (bb) | 24 hours in every 72 hours' service claimed on ships having a periodically unmanned engine room. |
[Regulation 13(4)(b) substituted by regulation 7 of Notice No. R. 502 of 2002]
